Help! Sharpie and toddler disaster!

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DD has managed to find a sharpie and draw all over the sofa!! Any tips on how to remove? Will a boil wash get it out?

Alcohol perhaps like vodka or rubbing alcohol. Dampen satin then blot with dry cloth

Thanks will give it a go! Definitely parenting fail of the day and it's only just gone nine!

Odd combination but baking soda mixed with a tiny bit of white wine to make a sort of foamy paste

No the only thing that works is ink remover used before anything else!!!

How much are new covers???

Dr Beckmann ink remover works BUT it's time consuming and a faff... I used it on pink school dresses with success though. Once washed nothing will remove it IME not even bleach seems to work.

DO NOT wash it with washing powder.

Once you have done that it tends to set the stain, so treat and wash according to instructions first.

Sharpies are paermanent and not even hot water will remove, you need to disolve the pen in a specific cleaner. You could try dabbing it with nail varnish remover.

You don't say what fabirc it is - leather? cotton?

Don't worry about parenting fail. DD did this with a purple pen - walls, radiators, doors, bath, shower curtain, EVERYWHERE. It was a washable pen too. The hardest place to remove was the radiator, and it took us months, hard scrubbing 1 inch at a time until we finally got it off (unpainted radiators in rented place). I put 5 coats of paint on the wall, and could still see it through.

I mean treat and wash according to the specialist cleaner instructions

If all else fails - contents insurance - new sofa

My dd did this to our rented house sofas the other day (fabric) so I'm watching with interest! First time in 3 kids, so I've probably gotten off lightly

Nothing you can do will get it off and anything you do do will make it worse. Speaking from experience here - it is either professional cleaners (we got a quote for £50) or house insurance. Good luck!

It probably doesn't look too bad in the picture!

Nothing will get sharpie out fabric.

They make damn good labelling pens for school uniform though. Better than those poxy laundry markers.

Turn the cushions over?

No, that does look pretty bad, sorry, it's going to take some magic to get all that out.

I was also going to suggest turning the cushions too.

When you bought the sofa did you pay for one of those damage warranty things? You might have one and have forgotten.

Yep turn the cushion overs - not worth the stress of trying and failing

Oh my, she really went to town didn't she

De-Solv-It gets everything off, in my experience. Granted I have never had a sharpie wielding toddler do her worst on my sofa.

Washing up liquid mixed equally in water with white wine vinegar. Gets stains out of anything and everything.

Although I've just properly looked at the picture and . Maybe see about getting them professionally cleaned?

Sod it. I'll wash them (DP's side stinks of his cheesy feet anyway ) and just turn them over .

Lesson learnt haha!

I think you need to call a professional, sorry.

Ooft that's pretty bad! I would just flip the cushions and pretend it never happened

I was labelling Dd's wellies for playgroup with a sharpie and left it for 1 second to grab the other welly. Dd thought she would help and has drawn a massive squiggle inside the welly. I'm going to try some of these ideas.